In fact, we make a choice between "flight or fight"and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death.

当面对压力的时候，我们的生理和心里都会发生一些变化。 事实上，我们会在“战斗或逃跑”间做出选择，这将是生死攸关的选择。

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Some have blamed K-27's Capt Pavel Leonov over the accident, but CWO Mazurenko says the captain faced a life-or-death choice.

BBC: Eyewitness: Tragedy of Soviet nuclear submarine K-27